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Reading Teacher Resources

Enhance reading skills with our extensive collection of printables, lesson plans, and activities on a variety of skill-building topics. Included you'll find our most popular resources on reading comprehension, phonics, literature, story analysis, alphabetizing, reading games and puzzles, and more. Plus, use reading in cross-curricular study; we have plenty of lessons that connect reading with science, social studies, history, math, and art. Learning to read well is a vital skill for students to master. Help them achieve that goal with our help.
Literature Guides
Teacher Guides to Primary Literature
Most Popular Literature Guides for Primary Students
Teacher Guides to Intermediate & Middle Literature
Most Popular Literature Guides for Intermediate and Middle Students
Teacher Guides to Secondary Literature
Most Popular Literature Guides for Secondary Students
Reading Comprehension, Kindergarten
Main Idea and Supporting Details Web
Sequence Chain
Story Elements and Story Map
Making Inferences, Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
More Popular Kindergarten Reading Comprehension Resources
Reading Comprehension, First Grade
Daily Reading Warm-Ups for Grades 1 & 2 (RSS Feed)
Main Idea and Supporting Details
Five Elements of a Story
Cause and Effect
Facts Chart
More Popular 1st-Grade Reading Comprehension Resources
Reading Comprehension, Second Grade
Story Web
Sarah Morton's Day, Samuel Eaton's Day, & Tapenum's Day
Inferences
Summarizing: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
More Popular 2nd-Grade Reading Comprehension Resources
Reading Comprehension, Third Grade
Daily Reading Warm-Ups for Grades 3 & 4 (RSS Feed)
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever -- Test A
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever -- Essay Topics
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Making Inferences, Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing
More Popular 3rd-Grade Reading Comprehension Resources
Reading Comprehension, Fourth Grade
Summarizing
Establishing the Main Idea
Activating Prior Knowledge
Questions Before, During, and After Reading
More Popular 4th-Grade Reading Comprehension Resources
Reading Comprehension, Fifth Grade
Daily Reading Warm-Ups for Grades 5 & 6 (RSS Feed)
Reading Warm-Up 34 for Gr. 5 & 6: American History
Number the Stars
Framework for Questions Before, During, and After Reading
"The Grasshopper and the Owl": A Fable by Aesop
More Popular 5th-Grade Reading Comprehension Resources
Reading Comprehension, Sixth Grade
Make a Giving Tree
The Tale of Despereaux Teacher's Guide
Indians and Pilgrims
Story Pyramid
More Popular 6th-Grade Reading Comprehension Resources
Reading Comprehension, Seventh Grade
Full Text of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat"
Character Chart
Story Elements
Solving Analogies
More Popular 7th-Grade Reading Comprehension Resources
Reading Comprehension, Eighth Grade
Conflict Dissection
Reading Games
Steps in a Process
Question-Answer Relationships
More Popular 8th-Grade Reading Comprehension Resources
Reading Comprehension, Grades 9-12
The Great Gatsby Chapter Questions
Analyzing "The Monkey's Paw"
Reading for Meaning: "The Monkey's Paw"
The History & Poetry of "In Flanders Fields"
More Popular Reading Comprehension Resources, Grades 9-12
Phonics Resources
Turkey Feathers
Discover Nursery Rhymes
Phonics: Vowels Printable Book (K-4)
Snake and Sight-Words Board Game
Phonics
Ready to Rhyme with Hop on Pop
Words with ir and ur and Words Ending in -er or -est
More Popular Phonics Resources
Graphic Organizers
Sequencing
Five-Paragraph Essay
KWL Chart -- Version 2
Beginning, Middle, and End
Running Records Form
Web 1 (Concept Map)
Five-Sentence Paragraph
More Popular Reading Graphic Organizers
Lesson Plans
Main Idea: The Great Kapok Tree
Stone Fox: A Collection of Lessons
Making Inferences, Too Many Tamales
The Gingerbread Man
Introducing Questioning, The Mitten
Sequencing: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Predicting: Strega Nona
More Popular Reading Lesson Plans
Reading & Language Arts Rubrics
Rubrics for Writing -- Elementary/Intermediate
Short Story Rubric
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever -- Answers
Rubrics for Writing -- Primary
Presentation Rubrics
Fiction-Writing Content Rubric
A Pilgrim Conversation Rubric
More Popular Reading & Language Arts Rubrics
Summer Reading Lists
Summer Reading (Grades 9-12)
Summer Reading (Grades 6-8)
Summer Reading (Grades 3-5)
Summer Reading (Grades K-2)
Summer Reading List -- Intermediate
Summer Reading List -- Middle
Summer Reading List -- Secondary
Holiday Reading Activities
Turkey Time
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever -- Project Ideas
Indian Sign Language Chart
Jan Brett's Winter Books
Teacher's Guide to Jan Brett's Gingerbread Friends
The Polar Express Teacher's Guide
Christmas Stories
More Popular Holiday Reading Activities
Art & Reading Connected
Title and Story Pictures
Fun in the Snow
Exploring Comic Strips
Design a Book Scene Postcard
Gatsby Art
Create a Movie Storyboard
Kingfisher "I Am Reading" Coloring Sheets
More Popular Art Activities for Reading
History & Reading Connected
A Raisin in the Sun
Discussion Guide for The Mayflower and the Pilgrims' New World
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
A Long Way from Chicago and A Year Down Yonder
My Brother Sam Is Dead
African Folk Tales: Background Information
Educator's Guide to Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope
More Popular History & Reading Resources
Mathematics & Reading Connected
Double Venn Diagram, Version 2
Chart, Two-Column
Reading Record Chart
Adapting Reading and Math Materials in the Inclusive Classroom
Decision Making Chart
The Coin Counting Book Activity
Sandpainting Math
More Popular Math & Reading Resources
Science & Reading Connected
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Grasshopper and Owl - Drawing Conclusions Worksheet
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Stellaluna
Seasons Worksheets
Photosynthesis Worksheet
I Dreamed I Was a Snowman Poetry Pack
More Popular Science & Reading Resources
Technology & Reading Connected
Self-Portrait Simile Poems
The Nine Planets
The Dust Bowl Worksheet
Amazing Animals
Drawing Conclusions from Incomplete Data Worksheet
Camp Confidential: Natalie's Secret
African-American Heroes Worksheet
More Popular Technology Activities for Reading
Geography & Reading Connected
Earth's Oceans Answer Key
My Brother Sam Is Dead Projects
My Brother Sam Is Dead Answer Key
Slaughterhouse-Five Projects
Slaughterhouse-Five Short Answer
Ben's Dream Teacher's Guide
Reading Warm-Up 102 for Gr. 3 & 4: Historical Fiction
More Geography & Reading Resources
Music & Reading Connected
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Defining Jazz Music
Native American Song: 0 Hal'Lwe
Present a Skit
Quotes from the Cast of the Harry Potter Movies
Read a Script
Let's Check Out Our Library
More Popular Music Activities for Reading
Biographies & Reading Connected
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley's Journal
Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl
An Autobiographical Poem
Martin Luther King Jr, Civil Rights Leader
Reading Guide for Hillary Rodham Clinton: Dreams Taking Flight
Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl -- Student Worksheet
The Miracle Worker
More Popular Biography Activities for Reading
Social Studies & Reading Connected
The Keeping Quilt
A Tale of Two Cities
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Nectar in a Sieve
Synonym Bells
The Taming of the Shrew
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever -- Test B
More Popular Social Studies & Reading Resources
Physical Education & Reading Connected
Teammates
Reading Warm-Up 80 for Gr. 1 & 2: Current Events
Teammates Questions and Vocabulary
Reading Warm-Up 73 for Gr. 1 & 2: Current Events
Reading Warm-Up 127 for Gr. 1 & 2: Contemporary Realistic Fiction
Reading Warm-Up 31 for Gr. 1 & 2: Biography
Name That Sport
More Physical Education & Reading Resources
Health, Safety, & Reading Connected
Ryan White, My Own Story
The Life of Milton Hershey
KWL Chart - Grouping Objects
Fever 1793 Teacher's Guide
Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid & Super-Galactic Jawbreaker Teacher's Guide
Chew on This Teacher's Guide
The Eras of AIDS
More Health & Safety Reading Resources
Back-to-School Activities
Report Card Comments & Phrases—Language Arts & Reading
Bubble Answer Sheet
Story Map
Web 3 (Concept Map)
The Herringbone
Skill Builders: Word Analogy Questions, Week 1
Fall into Rhyme
More Popular Back-to-School Reading Activities
Creative Writing Resources
Character Traits
Mad Libs© and Mad Libs JuniorTeacher Guides
Mad Libs®: Write Your Own
Story Setting
Paragraph Blueprint
Make Me a Cheese Sandwich
A Map to Organization
More Popular Creative Writing Resources for Reading

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